Chennai, Sunday, 26 September 2027
Sunday 26 September 2027 · Purattasi 10
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Monday 27 September · Purattasi 11
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 6:03 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
On this day
- Pitru Paksha continues until Wednesday 29 September; the shraddha day for each tithi is on the Pitru Paksha page. Pitru Paksha 2027
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Ekadashi
until 7:50 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Pushya
until 12:38 pm
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Shiva
until 2:36 pm
Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.
Karana · Bava
until 9:13 am; then Balava until 7:50 pm
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
No Bhadra Karanam between this sunrise and the next.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
4:32 pm – 6:03 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
12:00 pm – 1:31 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
3:02 pm – 4:32 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Sunday, the same in every Tamil Nadu city.
Choghadiya
The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Sunday the day starts with Udveg.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:58 am – 7:28 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:28 am – 8:59 am | Char | neutral |
| 8:59 am – 10:30 am | Labh | good |
| 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Amrit | good |
| 12:00 pm – 1:31 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:31 pm – 3:02 pm | Shubh | good |
| 3:02 pm – 4:32 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:32 pm – 6:03 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:03 pm – 7:32 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:32 pm – 9:02 pm | Amrit | good |
| 9:02 pm – 10:31 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:31 pm – 12:00 am | Rog | avoid |
| 12:00 am – 1:30 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:30 am – 2:59 am | Labh | good |
| 2:59 am – 4:29 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:29 am – 5:58 am | Shubh | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:36 am – 12:24 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 3:05 am Monday, moonset 3:00 pm.
Hora
Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: the Sun on a Sunday.
| 5:58 am – 6:58 am | Sun |
| 6:58 am – 7:59 am | Venus |
| 7:59 am – 8:59 am | Mercury |
| 8:59 am – 9:59 am | Moon |
| 9:59 am – 11:00 am | Saturn |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Jupiter |
| 12:00 pm – 1:01 pm | Mars |
| 1:01 pm – 2:01 pm | Sun |
| 2:01 pm – 3:02 pm | Venus |
| 3:02 pm – 4:02 pm | Mercury |
| 4:02 pm – 5:02 pm | Moon |
| 5:02 pm – 6:03 pm | Saturn |
| 6:03 pm – 7:02 pm | Jupiter |
| 7:02 pm – 8:02 pm | Mars |
| 8:02 pm – 9:02 pm | Sun |
| 9:02 pm – 10:01 pm | Venus |
| 10:01 pm – 11:01 pm | Mercury |
| 11:01 pm – 12:00 am | Moon |
| 12:00 am – 1:00 am | Saturn |
| 1:00 am – 2:00 am | Jupiter |
| 2:00 am – 2:59 am | Mars |
| 2:59 am – 3:59 am | Sun |
| 3:59 am – 4:58 am | Venus |
| 4:58 am – 5:58 am | Mercury |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 9:13 am, nakshatra at 12:38 pm, yoga at 2:36 pm, tithi and karana at 7:50 pm.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:32 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 26 September 2027?
Krishna Ekadashi, until 7:50 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 26 September 2027?
4:32 pm to 6:03 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:00 pm to 1:31 pm and Gulikai 3:02 pm to 4:32 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 26 September 2027?
During daylight: Labh 8:59 am to 10:30 am, Amrit 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, Shubh 1:31 pm to 3:02 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:24 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 26 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 3:05 am on Monday 27 September.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Chennai (13.0827°N, 80.2707°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.